Display-box for flower-seeds.



'PATENTBD AUG. 25, 1908.

F. G. MERRITT. DISPLAY BOX FOR FLOWER SEEDS.

APPLIUATI'ON r11. 11 r 9 E H 08 ZSHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 897,002; PATENTED AUG. 25, 190%.

E. G. MERRITT. DISPLAY BOX FOR FLOWER SEEDS.

APPLICATION TILED FBB.3,1908.

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lllillllunllmlnmnm unrm FURBUSH Gr. MERRITT, OF BROOKPOBT, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-BOX FOR FLOWER-SEEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed February 3, 1908. Serial No. 414,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FUnBUsn G. MERRITT, of Brockport, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Display-Boxes for Flower-Seeds, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My present invention is a box or case, commonly of wood finishedexteriorly for neat appearance, for holding small packages as of flowerseeds for storage or shipment but more particularly for inspection anddisplay. These boxes are usually filled at the seed houses and sent tothe retailers the packages of seeds being properly arranged for displaywhen placed in the case or box. A removable advertising block is securedwithin the box at the bottom thereof for the benefit of the one who putsup and sends out the seeds.

One object among others in constructing this display box is to form aseries of equal interior horizontal pockets, inclined to the plane ofthe box, for holding the packages of seeds in convenient positions forready access and inspection, a pivotal brace or support being providedto hold the box in an inclined position for the better display of thepackages of seeds. The pockets or partitions are formed to be removablefrom the box for cleaning and renewal, the box being preferably made intwo equal parts or sections joined by hinges to swing or fold one uponthe other to close both, the two sections, thus folded, togetherconstituting a single closed box or package convenient for handling andstorage.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be brought out andmade to appear in the following description, and the novel featurespointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings which, with the reference characters markedthereon, form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation of one constructionof the devicein position as in use, some small parts being omitted. Fig. 2 shows ablank form of a partition or pocket removed from the box or case. Fig. 3is a perspective of the pocket or partition. Fig. 4 is a plan of thedevice seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, parts being broken away.Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the box or case closed, showing the hingesjoining the two sections and the brace for supporting the open box inposition for displaying the goods. Fig. 6 is a plan of the box, open,showing the series of pockets in a single body removable from the box.Fig. 7 is an edge view of one of the bodies of pocketsremoved from thebox, a part being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 8is a plan showing a simple modification of the box being wide and thebody of pockets double width with a single wire partition at the middle.Fig. 9 is a central longitudinal section of the body of pockets shown inFig. 8, detached. Fig. 10 is an end view of a body of pockets seen asindicated by arrow in Fig. 6, further showing the construction.

Referring to the parts shown 1, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, is a shallow case orbox, commonly made of wood, in two equal parts 2 3, joined at one sideby ordinary hinges 4 to fold or close one upon the other as appears inFig. 5.

5 is a metallic brace or standard ivoted, at 6, to the section 2 to beswung obliquely outward to support the body 1 in an inclined positionfor displaying the goods, as appears in Fig. 1. A stop-pin 7, Fig. 5, isprovided for the standard to arrest its swinging motion and hold it in aproper position of ac tion, as shown. The four side-walls 8 of thesections 2 3 are formed on their inner faces with opposingequally-spaced inclined kerfs 9, to receive the ends 10 1.0 of angularpartitions 11, Figs. 2 and 3, commonly made of some fibrous material aspaste-board. These partitions 11 are each formed with a part 12 narrowerand slightly shorter than the main part and bent at right angles theretoto form bot toms of the spaces or pockets 14 when in place in thesections 2 and 3, as clearly ap pears in Fig. 1, the free edges of theparts 12 resting against the bottom-boards 13 of the sections 2 and 3,as shown. The kerfs 9 are so slanted with reference to the plane of thebox which is parallel with the bottom thereof as to be substantiallyvertical when the sections are inclined backward. upon the standard 5 inposition of use, as shown in Fig. 1. The pockets 14 are substantiallyvertical when the box is inclined against the standard 5 and in positionto hold the packages of seeds favorably for examination and. display.

In constructing these display boxes I usually place prismatic blocks 15,of wood, Figs. 1 and 4, in the angular spaces 16 forward of the lowerpartitions 11, using the front exposed surfaces of the blocks upon whichto display the name and other matter of the seedsman or other partyputting out the goods. These blocks are made triangular in cross sectionto fit and fill the spaces 16, each being held to place by some simplemeans as an ordinary screw 17, so as to be readily removedand replacedby others as occasion may require.

In using these display boxes it is sometimes found convenient anddesirable to form the partitions of metal instead of fiber, and all ineach section 23 24 of the box joined as in a single body, 19, andconveniently removable from each section, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Inthis case no kerfs 9 are formed in the sides of the sections 23 24 ofthe box the inner surfaces of said sides being plain, as

shown.

Four small pins 18 are employed projecting inwardly from the sides ofthe sections of the box beneath which pins the metallic bodies 19 areinserted, as shown. In this construction the upper cross partitions 20of the pockets are cut obliquely away at their ends, as appears in Figs.6 and 10, leaving tapered spaces 21 into which the'end-portions of thesides 22 of the bodies 19 are temporarily bent or sprung to allow saidsides to pass by and beneath the adjacent pins 18 when inserting thebodies 19 in the box-sections 23 24. The corners 25, Figs. 7 and 10, ofthe sheet-metal sides 22 are bent permanently slightly inward, as shown,so as to readily glide by the ends of the pins 18 when the bodies 19 arepressed to place in the sections. When inserting the bodies of pockets19 in the sections 23 24 the lower end of each is first inserted beneaththe lower pins 18, the body being in a relatively inclined position withthe section, the upper end of the body being then pressed to place pastthe upper pins, as above stated.

The sheet metal body 26, Figs. 8 and 9, is substantially the same as thebody 19,comprising a series of pockets 30, except that itis double widthand divided at the middle by a simple longitudinal partition wire ormember 27. body 26 is the same as the sections 23 24, Fig. 6, except asto width, it being provided with retaining pins 29, like those shown at18, for holding the body 26 in place within The inclosing box or section28 for the the section 28. The upper partition 31 is cut obliquely atits ends, like the partition 20 of the body 19, Fig. 6, to admit of thesheet metal sides 32 being momentarily bent inward at their upper endsto pass the retaining pins 29 when putting the body 26 in place in thesection 28.

The two box sections 2 3, Fig. 4, and the sections 23-24, Fig. 6, areequal, and when folded or closed upon each other the open faces of thesections meet, the two sections gogether constituting a closed packageor What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. A display box for flower seeds comprising an inclosure, having itsside walls formed with kerfs at an angle to the bottom and ends of theinclosure, partitions each having a right angled portion, saidpartitions being slidably engaged in said kerfs and the right angledportions having a bearing against the bottom of the inclosure, and atriangular block removably held in the triangular space between thelower partition and the adjacent end of the box.

2. A display box having its side walls provided with kerfs at anangle tothe bottom and ends, and angular partitions having portions to engage ino posite kerfs and the right angled portion of less length and Widthadapted to extend from kerf to kerf and.

having a bearing against the bottom of the box to form the bottom of thepocket, a brace pivotally connected with one of said walls to swinglengthwise thereof when closed and to swing obliquely thereto to supportthe box in an inclined position, a stop to engage said brace to arrestits swinging motion, and a triangular block held in the triangular spacebetween the lower partition and the adjacent end of the box with oneface flush with the top edges of the sides of said box.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of Feb.,1908, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FURBUSII G. MERRITT.

Witnesses:

ROBERT A. BOSWELL, E. W. BOND.

